Yes, Chauncey should be nervous about his job but he's not getting fired now..if they improve the roster at the deadline and we still can't close games...then off season I'd say he might get walking papers. They'll give him some rope for now though
Who said that? He's had 1 season to change the direction of the team. Too early to tell either way whether he is good or not.
The starting unit is healthy. Why is Josh Hart standing in the corner? He's no threat there. Simons would be a huge threat. So would Dame. Hart would be good/great bringing the ball up the court and attacking if there is a hole in the defense and getting rid of it quickly if that isn't there. The defense would have to help off of Grant/Lillard/Simons/Nurk. Instead, we see Simons dribbling the clock down while waiting for Lillard to get to his spot. However, Any other coach would probably be doing the same things as Billups so what's the point of changing coaches.
Stotts got a team with Aminu and Harkless as starters, and Enes Kanter starting in the playoffs, to the WCF! By your own definition that makes him a fucking awesome coach. (All 3 of them are out of the league now.)
I scratch my head at some of the decisions he has made this season sure. However, do I think he should be on the hot seat at this point in time? No, I don't. Our bench is subpar at best and that certainly doesn't help matters. But yes I will say that if we barely squeak into the playoffs after(If he does mind)we make some moves to get better than yes I could see some discussions being had. But again bit premature imo right now.
Not this year. Next year he will need to produce a bit better. Can’t fire a coach inside of two years unless he is really bad or the players have quit. This team has not quit on him.
I’ve always kind of thought that really good players don’t make the greatest coaches. Look at what the nerdy analytical dude is doing with that Thunder roster.
That magic act I'll probably never fully understand. Not to mention, we managed to lead the majority minutes played in the WCF (just couldn't finish them off). Truly amazing accomplishment.
I'm still cool with Chauncey. I think the idea of sharing the ball has gotten into Dame's head a little and he probably needs to start only making passes that feel natural to him. If Dame just does Dame and the team around him moves like Chauncey wants them to, then we can see if Chauncey doesn't know what he's doing on offense. On defense we just don't have the length and the one place where we do have size is the slowest starter in the league. So I want to see Chauncey continue to get acclimated to coaching, the team get more acclimated to Chauncey's philosophies and the team get more cohesive as a unit on both ends. As far as Cronin goes, I'm not saying the guy is the savior of the team but he said at the beginning of the season that this roster is not ready to contend and that he would re-evaluate and make moves at this point (mid season) and in the upcoming off season again. The shit we are seeing is frustrating but it's not like Chauncey is telling the guys to go out there and make stupid/lazy passes and he's definitely not out there telling them to be smaller or telling Nurk to be slower. If it was ten or even six seasons in, I would want Chauncey to be feeling the heat but as is he should feel comfortable to continue to try to execute his vision and to learn/grow as a head coach.